GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |